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Friday, 14 February 2014

INSPIRATION EXCHANGE

I had a wonderful surprise this week when Starr White of Wonderland Woods showed me what she has made of my tiny red mushroom sketch. Here is her beautiful embroidery which really captures the shape and colour of the original. Above is a sketch I did yesterday using one of her lovely forest photos as inspiration. It is on the end papers at the front of my latest sketchbook, newly bound with papyrus inside the covers.

Starr loves mushrooms and we've both been delighted with our exchanges of inspiration. To see more of her work have a look at her blog Wonderland Woods

Here is my sketch and the photo below of the original mushroom which is the size of a Yew berry.

I was very lucky to see it hiding in the grass before it got trodden on!

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About Me

I live in
Perros Guirec in north Brittany (Breizh in Breton) on the Cote de Granit Rose
and love the landscape and nature here.I've been painting in watercolours in my spare time for many years,but since retiring here I've found time to
expand my horizons to try other media and subjects.Thanks to my 60th birthday present ipod I
discovered a whole new world of art networkingI never could have imagined before.I've been inspired to try coloured pencils which are now my favourite
tools and sketchbook journalling has become a way of life.This area is so inspiring with the pink
granite rocks, pale sandy beaches and the riot of multicoloured Hydrangeas in
summer which have made this town famous throughout France.